Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume
III, National Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament, Microfiche
Supplement
List of Abbreviations
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- ABM,
anti-ballistic missile system
- AEC, Atomic
Energy Commission
- AFOAT, Air
Force Assistant for Atomic Energy
- AFOAT–1,
surface and air burst nuclear test detection system
- AFTAC, Air
Force Technical Applications Center
- AICBM,
anti-intercontinental ballistic missile system
- ALBM,
air-launched ballistic missile
- ARPA,
Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ASW,
anti-submarine warfare
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- BMEWS,
ballistic missile early warning system
- BOB, Bureau
of the Budget
- BOMARC,
surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile
- BW, biological
warfare
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- Cahto,
series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Herter when away from
Washington
- CEA, Council
of Economic Advisers
- CEG,
Comparative Evaluation Group
- CEP, circular
error, probable—a measure of missile accuracy
- CF, Conference
Files
- CFEP,
Council on Foreign Economic Policy
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CONUS,
Continental United States
- CRAF, Civil
Reserve Air Fleet
- CVA,
conventionally powered aircraft carrier
- CVAN,
nuclear powered aircraft carrier
- CW, chemical
warfare
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- Del,
delegation
- Denuc,
series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva
Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
- Deptel,
Department of State telegram
- DEW line,
distant early warning air defense installations in northern
Canada
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- DOS,
Department of State
- Dynasoar, rocket-launched long-range space glider
project
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- ECM,
electronic countermeasures
- ELINT,
intelligence from intercepted electromagnetic signals
- EURATOM,
European Atomic Agency
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- FAA, Federal
Aviation Administration
- FY, fiscal
year
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- GAO, General
Accounting Office
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- IAEA,
International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
- IDO,
International Disarmament Organization
- IGY,
International Geophysical Year
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IOC, initial
operating capability
- IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs,
Department of Defense
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- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
- JSOP, Joint
Strategic Operations Plan
- JSPS, Joint
Strategic Planning Staff
- JSTPS,
Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
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- M, Office of
the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- MAAG,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MATS,
Military Air Transport Service
- MRBM,
medium-range ballistic missile
- MSP, Mutual
Security Program
- MT,
megaton
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- NAC, North
Atlantic Council
- NASA,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASC,
National Aeronautics and Space Council
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Niact,
night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the
recipient at any hour
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- n.m., nautical
mile
- NOA, new
obligational authority
- Noforn, no
foreign dissemination
- NORAD,
North American Air Defense Command
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSTL,
National Strategic Target List
- NSTPS,
National Strategic Target Planning Staff
- NTL, national
target list
- Nusup,
series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the
Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear
Weapon Tests
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- OCB,
Operations Coordinating Board
- OCDM, Office
of Civilian Defense Mobilization
- ODM, Office
of Defense Mobilization
- OEEC,
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
- ONR, Office
of Naval Research
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
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- PACOM,
Pacific Command
- P.L., Public
Law
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- Q–1, a seismic
measure of magnitude
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- R&D,
research and development
- reftel,
reference telegram
- RG, Record
Group
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- S, Office of
the Secretary of State
- SAC,
Strategic Air Command
- SACEUR,
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- S/AE, Special
Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
- S&L,
supply and logistics
- Secto,
series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his
delegation to the Department of State
- SIOP, Single
Integrated Operational Plan
- SLAM,
supersonic low-altitude missile
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- SOR, Specific
Operating Requirement aircraft (long-range jet powered cargo
aircraft)
- S/P, Policy
Planning Staff, Department of State
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- STRAC,
Strategic Army Corps
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- Tocah,
series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Herter when away from
Washington
- Tosec,
series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his
delegation
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- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNDC, United
Nations Disarmament Commission
- USA, United
States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USDel,
United States Delegation
- USIA, United
States Information Agency
- USMC, United
States Marine Corps
- USN, United
States Navy
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
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- VELA,
project designed to improve detection of nuclear tests
- VOA, Voice of
America
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- WSEG,
Weapons System Evaluation Group